Supernumiphone

My experience with Dark/Traps was that it didn't work out as well in practice as it did on paper. On SOs anyway. Mainly with regard to the Defense/-tohit synergy. That was primarily due to the ubiquity of defense debuffs. With FFG+CJ+Maneuvers it wasn't uncommon to see my defense numbers go red, even after opening with some -tohit debuffing.

Against mobs with no defense debuffs it was wonderful. The few attacks that did get through I could usually compensate for with the self heal in DB/.

Naturally there's a lot of room for improvement with set bonuses to get high enough defense that cascade failure becomes a rarity rather than a regular occurence. Not only that but if I was running a DB/Traps Corruptor on SOs today I'd build it differently and it would be more effective I expect.

I've only gotten (or noticed) two of the new drops since it was implemented. A BotZ: -KB and a TP stealth. It's rare but puts a smile on my face when it does happen.

I'm thinking get PL'ed to 50, accolade yourself out, then restart, enjoying the use of the accolades on the trip up.

Also you could get PL'ed to 50, unlock whatever costume bits or weapons are essential to your concept, then restart and enjoy them from the start.

If I was doing this I'd probably go for two Dark/Traps. Doubled Tenebrous Tentacles means everything is immobilized all the time, even bosses. That would help a lot in dealing with the fear effect from the AM making everything scatter. The -tohit would be nice too. With that and double FFGs and double Maneuvers you'd be quite durable.

You don't need Dark Blast to make it work of course. Stacked Caltrops would help a lot too, but even with their movement speed floored mobs can still make it out and take off running in my experience.

Any primary would work well really. 2xFFG + 2xManeuvers + CJ/Hover means you could blast away with impunity in the majority of situations. After you hit level 35 you can handle the rest by pulling into double mine fields.

You can put me down as an alternate in case you end up with open slots. I should be on around the start time. @Fuzzball or @Fuzzball2. I can bring my Stalker or a Corruptor depending on team makeup.

I imagine that will be fixed just like procs firing in a small AoE for Tankers due to Gauntlet was fixed. I'm not inclined to roll up a toon based on a mechanic I know is going away.

New to CoV my first toon was a dominator. I was on a PUG, merrily going through punching stuff in the face. I saw a couple of the group members ahead of the rest of us, so I ran to catch up to them.

Turns out they were Stalkers setting up for assassin's strikes in the middle of the next group of mobs. All the members of my PUG saw was me merrily running into the middle of the group of mobs alone and face-planting. I didn't explain why I'd done such a stupid thing, and nobody asked.

I agree with the OP for the most part. I was quite underwhelmed by my Ice/ Dom. One of the things that seemed the most ridiculous to me was that I couldn't use the Ice Slick to keep a boss busy while I stacked hold mag on him, since even the hold confers -KB. The immob sure, but even the hold in a set that has a KD power as its every fight power?

I knew going in that it offered less total mitigation, generally slowing down incoming damage rather than eliminating it. That's why I paired mine with /Psi for Drain Psyche. I'm glad I made that call but the set still didn't seem to do much of anything better than other primaries I've tried.

MA/Regen. Spines would be nice but brutes wouldn't get the version scrappers have now. As has been said, next time Spines is looked at it's getting nerfed, and a proliferation would definitely qualify. That's why I'd rather it didn't get proliferated any time soon. I'd at least like to get my Spines stalker to 50 before it gets nerfed.

I'll join for a respec. Seems like people hardly run them anymore. I'll bring my level 50 Stalker, Inducto, unless the team ends up low on support in which case I can bring a Corruptor.

I should be available this evening as an alternate if there are any empty spots. @Fuzzball or @Fuzzball2

I take my time getting the last handful of levels. I mostly watch the global channels and if someone is running an ITF or LGTF and is willing to take non-max-level toons, I'll switch and join. Do that enough times and you'll hit 50 with enough merits to help get you kitted out.

It sure looks like I picked a good time to take a break from the game. This helps reduce the temptation to return prematurely. I hope it gets fixed in a timely, but not too timely way.

Thanks to everyone who tested and such, an impressive effort.

Team 2 finished at a bit under 1:40 with 25 deaths. I'm a bit rusty at the LRSF so my leadership wasn't all it should have been, but thankfully we pulled through. Thanks to everyone for coming out, and special thanks to Domina for sleeping the FP on the last mission, that made all the difference.

Edit: Oh yeah I should mention that was my first successful LRSF on Freedom, so extra thanks to everyone who joined! With my alt-itis it's been a long road to 50 since I transferred here, and having all the SFs done now on my first Freedom 50 makes me really feel like I've settled into my new(ish) home.

I'd say start here and if that doesn't help post in the Development->Technical Issues & Bugs section and ask for help. That's where the people most likely to be able to answer your question reside.

I'll come along too. I'll bring Ignogon, a level 50 Fire/Dark Corruptor.

Looks like you're full but you can put me down as a backup. I can bring my usual Stalker or a Corruptor.

I should be able to make this one. I'll bring Inducto, level 46 Elec/Regen Stalker.